Event details
Marc Ribot’s first performance at Kino Šiška was inevitable, and we are very pleased that he is returning to Ljubljana with a completely new project, Hurry Red Telephone, and a band that will be impossible to ignore.
For fans of: Albert Ayler, Tom Waits, John Zorn
With it, Ribot continues a project he had temporarily set aside following the deaths of trumpeter Roy Campbell and bassist Henry Grimes, but which he claims was the best music he has ever played. These were the years of Spiritual Unity, a band dedicated to preserving the legacy of saxophonist and composer Albert Ayler (1936–1970) and with whom he toured the world. Ribot and the other member of the quartet, drummer Chad Taylor, have since been searching for a format to continue their work, and with Hurry Red Telephone (the title is a quote from Richard Siken’s poem “Several Tremendous”), they’ve found it.
Ribot comments on the choice of musicians: “When I first heard bassist Sebastian Steinberg play (with Joe Morris in the eighties), I thought: this is exactly what I’m looking for – a gifted improviser, a deep groove player, and completely original. From the early nineties until Sebastian moved to Los Angeles, we worked together in my band Shrek (which also performed in Ljubljana) and in other formats, and I’m thrilled to continue our collaboration. Ava Mendoza is the perfect musician to complete this quartet – a brilliant soloist, a sensitive ensemble player, and a fearless guitarist/improviser who knows how to bring the house down. We’re ready to take the project to the next level.”
Line-up: Marc Ribot – guitar, vocals; Ava Mendoza – guitar; Sebastian Steinberg – bass; Chad Taylor – drums
Organisation: Kino Šiška in collaboration with Domingo Productions.
